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Indiana Authors and their books, 1816-1980.
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Dr. James Walter Hervey , first Indiana writer to attempt "horror stories," was born near Brookville, Ind., in 1819. He studied medicine in Ohio and practiced in Indianapolis and Oakland City, Ind.

He was a member of the State Legislature in 1854 and served as a surgeon in the Civil War. He was later active in the beginnings of public health work in the state.

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Information from Briscoe, Orah Cole–unpublished Ms. The Hoosier School of Fiction.

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